Jason Day Adds another Withdrawal to His Resume, Pulls out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Jason Day has added another withdrawal to his resume. Day pulled out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill after six holes on Thursday citing a back injury.
WD with a back injury for @JDayGolf after six holes of R1 @APinv
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) March 7, 2019
This is hardly the first withdrawal from any event for Day and he had been playing well this season with a T5 and T4 finish in his last two starts. This made me curious as to how many times he has pulled out of not only a PGA Tour event, but any event, so I set out to find out.
Here are the results, minus his mother’s illness and the birth of his son which are obviously excusable.
So, Day has almost as many withdrawals in his PGA Tour career – you could exclude the World Cup of Golf and Australian Open – as he has wins.
Mike McAllister wrote the following for the PGA Tour regarding Day’s issues in 2010:
"For the last 4-1/2 months, ever since the Sony Open in Hawaii, Day has not been healthy. He’s seen six doctors during that span, and he’s heard a variety of diagnoses. First it was bronchitis. Then it was swine flu. Then it was allergies. They kept prescribing different medications, offering different treatment. At The Honda Classic, he had to withdraw and was taken to the emergency room, where doctors took an X-ray of his chest. But he wasn’t getting better. Instead, the medicine he was taking just kept him dizzy and dehydrated on the course."
So, Day has had his fair share of injuries and illnesses over his career, and although we judge him harshly and pick on him for pulling out of so many events, he still wins.
Of course, I could dig further and compare Day’s withdrawal numbers to that of Tiger’s considering he has had his fair share of injuries … so I did.
Between 1995 and 2019 and excluding the 2016 and 2017 season when Woods played in only one event and missed the cut, Woods has only withdrawn from 10 PGA Tour events he was either participating in or scheduled to participate in.
Woods did withdraw from the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week citing a neck strain that appears to be 100% precautionary as he gears up for the Masters.
Here are all the Tweets I could find from the PGA Tour regarding Day’s withdrawals.
Kyle Stanley replaces Jason Day (fever) in @MemorialGolf pro am.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) May 30, 2018
.@JDayGolf is a WD from @FarmersInsOpen pro-am only. He will be replaced by Whee Kim. @PGATOUR
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) January 23, 2018
Jason Day's back injury has forced him to withdraw from the World Cup and the Emirates Australian Open in November.https://t.co/zzTpJQNS5d pic.twitter.com/14cAf8ljDN
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 7, 2016
With his WD today @playofffinale, @JDayGolf will receive last place unofficial money and 0 FedExCup points. #pgatour #FedExCup
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) September 23, 2016
.@JDayGolf WD from @BMWchamps during R4 with a back injury. @PGATOUR
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) September 11, 2016
After WD'ing from the pro-am yesterday with back issues, Jason Day had some troubles at No. 12. pic.twitter.com/aUoVpcEV9A
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 27, 2015
Yes, WD after 2 holes, dizziness RT @WGCgrounds @PGATOUR @WGC_Bridgestone did Jason day tee off today?
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 2, 2014
Jason Day and Peter Tomasulo have WD'd from @TheHondaClassic, replaced by @SirDoubleL and Steven Bowditch. #PGATOUR #HondaClassic
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 27, 2013
Jason Day, one of last year's T-2 finishers, has WD'd from the #Masters with a left foot injury. Day shot 76 in Round 1.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 6, 2012